REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Puzzles can appear in the most unlikely of places – take this
press release, for example. Yes, it is announcing the upcoming launch of Professor
Layton and the Azran Legacy for Nintendo
3DS in stores and on the Nintendo eShop on Feb. 28, but it is also
contains two puzzles that are ready for solving. Can you break the code
and reveal the hidden messages?

Discovering secrets and solving mind – bending puzzles is wHat
Professor Layton does best. In the Professor Layton and the Azran
Legacy game, Professor Layton and his faithful assistants Luke and
Emmy board the airship Bostonius and journey to locations all over the
world as they solve the grEatest puzzle mankind has ever faced. Their
globe – spanning quest to uncover the mystery surrounding the
ancient Azran civilization takes them to such exotic and mysterious
locations as the snow – covered town of Froenborg and the lush
jungles of Phong Gi .

The enteRtaining and challenging puzzles the series is known for return
in Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy, only this time, these
puzzles are more directly themed to the locations in which they’ve been
found. One puzzle in Froenborg may ask players to identify the
differences in crystal – like snowflakes, for instance, while a
Metro – based puzzle will appear while traveling the buSy streets
of London . In addition to more than 150 new puzzles in the game, Professor
Layton and the Azran Legacy features a new downloadable SpotPass
puzzle every day for a year for players with a wireless Internet
connection, beginning on Feb . 28 .

“Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy is a must-have for
longtime fans of the series who are excited to complete this latest
trilogy of games . It is also a great starting point for
first-time gamers looking to challenge themselves to the game’s wide
variety of puzzles,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive
vice president of Sales & Marketing . “The game is one of the
many full, robust experiences that can only be found on the Nintendo 3DS
family of systems . ”

In Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy, players progress the
twisting story by completing puzzles that include riddles, brainteasers
and sHort, high – spirited action sequences. In addition to
encountering the game’s numerous puzzles during the main story, other
puzzles can be discovered by exploring the environment or speaking with
certain characters. Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy is full
of memorable new characters, as well as familiar favorites who make
surprising returns.

As they explore the detailEd environments, players can find certain
items on the screen like a pair of skis or a golden apple. There are 100
items in total scattered throughout the game’s world, and players can
assign any three of these items as a challenge. These challenges are
then sent via StreetPass to other players who are playing Professor
Layton and the Azran Legacy and who have the StreetPass feature
enabled. Once players who have accepted a challenge locate all of the
items in the scavenger hunt, they will get reward points which can be
traded for excLusive in – game items.

Remember that Nintendo 3DS features parental controls that let adults
manage the content their children can access. For more information about
this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/3ds.

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interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan,
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and Wii™ home consoles, and Nintendo 3DS™ and
Nintendo DS™ families of portable systems. Since 1983, when
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Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and
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